Psalms 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
In Context
15he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.
17A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.
Cross References
Exodus 14:17Behold, I myself will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them. I will get myself honour over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
Joshua 11:4They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.
Judges 7:2The LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Judges 7:12The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.
1 Samuel 14:8Then Jonathan said, “Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.
1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:13-22
God's Sovereign Power. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver… Read the whole commentary →